Meeting of the Parliament 14 June 2017
If the UK Government wants to change that position, the ball is clearly in its court. I urge it as the Government that triggered an unnecessary referendum and lost it, and which then triggered an unnecessary election and lost its majority, to think again, to drop its plans for an extreme hard Brexit and its arrogant approach to imposing a deal on us and to work collaboratively with others in every part of these islands—most particularly with those who recognise the need to protect our place inside the single market and the rights, freedoms and social protections that it gives us.
I move amendment S5M-06045.4, to leave out from “economic fundamentals” to end and insert:
“economy must serve the needs of citizens now and in the future by respecting the limited resources of the planet; notes Scotland’s continued overdependence on the fossil fuel industry and considers that this is a source of significant vulnerability; considers that the GDP growth of an economy is a poor indicator of the wellbeing of its citizens or the health of the ecosystem that sustains them; urges the Scottish Government to build on the steps that it has taken with the National Performance Framework and develop a comprehensive approach to measuring meaningful economic progress instead of continuing to place undue emphasis on GDP growth, and considers that economic development must focus on creating well-paid work, building local economies, ensuring fair redistribution of wealth, and developing low-carbon industries as a replacement for, rather than an addition to, the role of fossil fuels in Scotland’s economy.”
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